How should snoring respirations be corrected?

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Relieving partial upper airway obstruction is what snoring respirations signal. Snoring happens when soft tissues in the throat relax and partially block the airway, so the best first step is to physically open the airway with maneuvers that move the jaw and extend the neck. The head-tilt chin-lift opens the airway by extending the neck and lifting the lower jaw, reducing soft-tissue collapse behind the tongue. The jaw thrust also opens the airway by displacing the mandible forward, which is especially important if a spinal injury is possible. Either maneuver directly addresses the obstruction, making it the appropriate action for snoring respirations.

Bronchodilators target bronchospasm, not a blocked airway from relaxed tissues. Placing the patient supine can worsen airway collapse. Tracheostomy is a last-resort airway and not an immediate fix for simple partial obstruction.